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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES P. GAGE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

BOOK-SAFE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. GAGE, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have inventedA a newand useful Article whichI call a Boo-k- Safe, and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe anneXed drawings, making apart of this specication, in which- Figurel is a perspective view. Fig. 2 isa section.

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The nature of my invention consists in the lconstruction of a book safe,principally intended as afiXture in the'pews of churches. Inconstructing this safe, I make a casing of proper material inclosing aspace on every side except the bottom, which is left open, as seen linFig. 2. The length and width of the interior space must be varied tosuit the several sized books itis to contain, and as in churches thebooks used consist of Bibles, prayer and hymn books, of uniform sizesforthe several kinds, this variation need not in general go to any greatextent. Thus I propose, one casing in each pew, of suiicient length tohold all the books,

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dividing the casing into partitions for the length only. Near the lowersidev of the front board of the safe, I project a ledge on the inside,as. seen at (a), the use of which is to catch one edge of the cover ofthe book, as it. springs open after it is inserted, and thereby V formsa place for it to be sustained upon, and 'which prevents it from fallingout, as is clearly seen in Fig. 2. I neXt insert a wire spring (Z9)vertically o-n the inside of the front board; the lower end being bentat right angles, and projects through a small hole in the-board, as seenat (b) Fig l. The use of this spring,

is to push the cover of the book which rests upon the ledge (a) off ofit; being thus released it immediately drops out; and fallsA into thehand held underneath, to catch it. What I claim as my invention and improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The spring and ledge combined with, the inverted casing, to be used, andconstructed in the manner described herein.

Y y JAMEs P. GAGE.

` Witnesses:

y THOMAS G.,FRENCH, CHAs. E. BROWN.

